# Incident 19790113001869I: Piper PA32R300, Ft Worth, TX, January 13, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 1979, 03:00 local time
- Place: Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Meacham
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7254° N, 97.3208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Worth, TX, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7254&lon=-97.3208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N222DB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N222DB-2024-02-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,450 total, 50 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790113001869I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT RAN OFF EDGE OF TAXIWAY DAMAGING PROPELLER. LANDING LIGHT ON PLANE WAS BURNED OUT.

## Other reports on N222DB (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19791026054429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791026054429I), Oct 26, 1979: Piper PA32R300 (N222DB), San Antonio, TX, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed when takeoff power was applied. Downlock was broken. Pn 38078-02.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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